Abstract
The concrete industry needs to find cost-effective technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of its products. At the same time, these technologies should not reduce the concrete performance, including long-term durability. The great demand for concrete and the expected shortages of high-quality aggregates (e.g., ASR resistant) in the coming years will enhance the probability of using inferior raw materials that will reduce the lifespan of concrete infrastructures. This study aims to develop a new approach taking the chemical composition of the binder into account for the concrete mix-design toward the mitigation of ASR, while reducing the carbon footprint and cost of concrete. In this work, blended cements that fall into the “safe” combination of CaO, SiO2, and Al2O3 (main oxides in cementitious materials) with regard to ASR were tested for their mechanical properties and resistance to expansion upon ASR. The data gathered demonstrate promising results on using the proposed ternary oxides approach: by comparing the effect of the different portions of Al2O3, SiO2, and CaO it was demonstrated that the higher the content of either Al2O3, SiO2, or both, the lower ASR-induced expansion development. Yet, keeping the amount of CaO constant, the results suggest that mixtures with a higher amount of SiO2 than Al2O3 tend to be more efficient in mitigating ASR. The results provide interesting data to help in the decision making to select the best options (i.e., the combination of different SCMs and their quantities) to apply in concrete structures exposed to ASR development.
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The authors thank the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for the prestigious Vanier CGS scholarship given to Dr. De Souza during his Ph.D. research. Likewise, this project has also received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 899987 during Dr. De Souza’s Postdoctoral research.
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De Souza, D.J., Heisig, A., Machner, A., Kunther, W., Sanchez, L. (2023). Development of a Framework to Provide Concrete with a Low Carbon Footprint and Enhanced Resistance Against ASR-Induced Development. In: Jędrzejewska, A., Kanavaris, F., Azenha, M., Benboudjema, F., Schlicke, D. (eds) International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-based Materials and Concrete Structures. SynerCrete 2023. RILEM Bookseries, vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33187-9_72
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